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03 May 2017

HELP: Happy, Evolving, Learning, Productive - Journaling template

Sometimes I go to write in my journal after lots has happened, and I find myself at a loss. Too much has happened, I don't know what's important to record, it's all a jumble. So I end up staring out the window and attempting a half-baked job of mentally processing things.

Here is a set of headings in an attempt to provide a skeleton for my journaling:

H: Happenings

E: Evolutions / Progress

L: Learnings

P: Plans

Or described more fully:

H: just neutral reporting on what random stuff has been going on

E: progress reports on things that have moved forward in some significant way in the last while

L: what you've recently learned that sticks out to you

P: what's coming up that has your attention

In an attempt at finding a mnemonic for HELP, I came up with the following:

H: Happy

E: Evolving

L: Learning

P: Productive

And here are some more detailed descriptions of the emotional states in the mnemonic:

H: just starting to write can keep you happier than not, see this post

E: highlighting progress, however small, turns into a sense of gratitude for me

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